Stories
Project artist Julie Ballands spent time digging around in the archives, tracking down cemetery workers’ families and speaking to regular dog walkers at St John’s, to create these story pages full of unearthed cemetery curios, reflections and tales.
Founding of the Cemeteries
New Cemeteries for New Times: The founding stories of Westgate Hill and St John’s Cemeteries
A Menagerie of Animal Tales
As well as the many thousands of human stories St John’s Cemetery contains, research unearthed some stories and curios about animals too.
Living Amongst The Dead
What was it like to live in the city but grow up behind the cemetery gates?
The Cycle of Life – a space for nature
Nature and wildlife play an important role in the present-day use of Georgian and Victorian garden cemeteries like Westgate Hill and St Johns, offering not just a place of rest, but also a sanctuary for the living.